Cycling plays a major role in personal mobility around the world, but it could play a much bigger role. Given the convenience, health benefits, and affordability of bicycles, they could provide a far greater proportion of urban passenger transportation, helping reduce energy use and CO2 emissions worldwide. This report presents a new look at the future of cycling for urban transportation (rather than recreation), and the potential contribution it could make to mobility as well as sustainability. The results show that a world with a dramatic increase in cycling could save society US$24 trillion cumulatively between 2015 and 2050, and cut CO2 emissions from urban passenger transport by nearly 11 percent in 2050 compared to a High Shift scenario without a strong cycling emphasis.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/global-high-shift-cycling-scenario-potential-dramatically-increasing-bicycle-and-e
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jacob-mason
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lew-fulton
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/zane-mcdonald
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/institute-transportation-and-development-policy-itdp
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
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